Re: kenny-boy on CBS

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
Just one more reason to not watch CBS, they're completely lacking in credibility. How the hell do they do their research, do they actually talk to any real experts, say someone who knows something about information theory, or physics, or optics, no they find Ken Rockwell, who runs a Popular

Re: PESO: Automaton

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
My God, they're all driving on the wrong side of the road! Ryan Lee wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3107166size=lg Any comments appreciated :) Cheers, Ryan -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of

Re: PESO Ancient Breadscape

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
It needs a little more time to develop it's own ecosystem. Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Another PESO shot today testing some lights: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~audiob/temp/IMGP0734.jpg (~267kB) And for the really depraved: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~audiob/temp/IMGP0734big.jpg (~1.25MB)

Re: OT: Rule Britannia!

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ooh, that's just opening a can of worms... Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Congratulations to all the UK members of the list on the impending marriage or the Heir-a-parent to the English throne! -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the

Re: PESO -- Replicator

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
No but I felt very insulted, it ignored my Pentax entirely and attacked the guy walking past with the Canon Powershot Pro1, I'd have shot a few photos but my buffer was full... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has SG-1 been alerted yet??? Do we need to call the Asgard??? This appeared in front of the

Re: PESO -- Replicator

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's a sculpture, at least I think it is... Shel Belinkoff wrote: What the heck is that thing?! It doesn't look like a real bug at all, but some sort of mechanical or toy model. Shel [Original Message] From: Peter J. Alling This appeared in front of the local library... http

Re: winterlude

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
Unfortunately I've seen it happen... Cotty wrote: On 10/2/05, wendy beard, discombobulated, unleashed: there was even some mad reporter from the local TV station interviewing the sculptures http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/39567008 That's a cameraman - the reporter would

Re: WTB Black MX part

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yep, they both have scratches from dingbat technicians. Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: Got my black MX back from the CLA. It's mechanically nice now. But the dingbat tech slipped with the spanner on the top of the wider knob. So there's a big scratch on the top. Anyone got a black one of these posts

Re: Just so you don't think we are the only silly ones.....

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yes, a noseless pretty girl... I may have nightmares. frank theriault wrote: On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:52:39 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, yes that is very silly, very silly indeed. Well, I for one appreciated the article. It's about as relevent to me as noise

Re: kenny-boy on CBS

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
But Frank, they're not substandard...(wait for it), ... for you. frank theriault wrote: On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:43:10 -0500 (GMT-05:00), Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, please define 'substandard'. Easy: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=381188 cheers, frank

Re: WTB Black MX part

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
I have two black MX's both have the same problem that you describe from the came cause. Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: Peter J. Alling Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:45:47 -0800 Yep, they both have scratches from dingbat technicians. I don't get it. Collin You impress at a distance, but you impact a life up

Re: PESO: Automaton

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
Damn you for your enablement Robb... William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: PESO: Automaton Bill you forgot to tell him to get the FF 15 mega-pixel digital back for the K and M series. You can't forget about that. Lenses are truly where it's at. You can never

PESO -- Simple Sunset

2005-02-10 Thread Peter J. Alling
Nothing very special just a pleasant photo. Possibly a bit to much contrast. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_simplesunset.html Technical Detail: Pentax *ist-D ISO 800 @ 1/90sec SMC-Pentax M 85mm f2.0 @ f2.0 I really miss the grid screen in my LX... -- I can understand why mankind

Re: Pentax *ist Ds Underwater housing

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yea, that's right. I'm going to put my $1000+ digital camera, not to mention a lens that worth a few hundred more, into an underwater housing that doesn't seem to have a depth rating? How much you paying me? David Nelson wrote: G'day y'all, Saw a mention of this on the pentax.de website, so

Re: When will we get image stabilisation for Pentax DSLR?

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
No there are no power contacts in the *ist-D or Ds, but that's not why it's crippled. It's crippled because there's no aperture simulator lever. Power zoom hasn't been fully supported since the z/pz-1p. Martin Trautmann wrote: On 2005-02-09 13:56, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Martin Trautmann

Re: How is grain related to the sharpness of the lens used.

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
Grain is unrelated to the sharpness of the lens. It's a characteristic of the film and processing procedure. Feroze wrote: Hi All, Using films of an ISO 400 to 80, I'm trying to figure out if there would be more grain visible when using a lower quality lens or a zoom versus a decent prime.

Re: Pentax *ist Ds Underwater housing

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
Christian wrote: Peter J. Alling wrote on 2/9/2005, 12:47 PM: Yea, that's right. I'm going to put my $1000+ digital camera, not to mention a lens that worth a few hundred more, into an underwater housing that doesn't seem to have a depth rating? How much you paying me? Now you're being just

Re: test

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
It showed up. Bob Blakely wrote: I've sent two posts to the list well before this test. They still haven't shown up. Hell, this post may not show up. (Who'd I write THAT too?) Regards, Bob... From: David Zaninovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] fail From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] test -- I can

Re: When will we get image stabilisation for Pentax DSLR?

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:19:37 -0500 Subject: Re: When will we get image stabilisation for Pentax DSLR? Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No there are no power contacts in the *ist-D or Ds, but that's not why it's crippled

Re: New K1000 owner

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's almost impossible to use a lens and not get some dust onto the internal elements. Isaac wrote: I do plan to get a 28mm eventually. The reason I want a telephoto first is there are some pictures that I would like to take from the side of the road. I would really hate to get arrested for

Re: New K1000 owner

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
There is no A 135mm f3.5 Isaac wrote: I've thought about it, but I'm not sure about the extra weight. It may be a good trade off though. You say a M. What is the difference between that and the A? -Original Message- From: Thibouille [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 09,

Re: When will we get image stabilisation for Pentax DSLR?

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
FWIW image-size tracking, zoom clip, zoom effect are missing. John -- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:19:37 -0500 Subject: Re: When will we get image stabilisation for Pentax DSLR? Peter J. Alling [EMAIL

Re: PESO - Kasey

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
All I can say is Awww. Bruce Dayton wrote: Change of pace for me. When I got the new Tokina ATX 400/5.6 AF lens in, I was doing some tests. I thought I would see how the AF works and so went outside with the family dog. He was walking along the sidewalk (not too fast) and it seemed like a good

Re: Lens Bargains ...

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
From the description of the problem I don't think it needs to be fixed, my 85mm M had the stiffest focusing of any lens I've owned when I acquired it, (a like new in a box used lens that has subsequently lost much of it's collectors item status, in other words I've beat it to hell). Over the

Re: New K1000 owner

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
that feature. of the As. Isaac wrote: Fair enough. However, I was wondering what the differences in general between the two lines is. I see both of them for sale, but I have no clue why one would be preferable. Any insight would be appreciated. -Original Message- From: Peter J. Alling [mailto

Re: Just so you don't think we are the only silly ones.....

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
Well, yes that is very silly, very silly indeed. William Robb wrote: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1031message=12155191 William Robb -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners -

Re: Lens Bargains ...

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: $60.00 for an M85/2, I think I hate you... A lot. snip I also have an M85/2 that I bought for $60 or so, but has a somewhat stiff focusing ring. The optics are perfect and it works well, I like its rendering qualities too. I asked about having it cleaned and lubed, they

PESO -- Replicator

2005-02-09 Thread Peter J. Alling
This appeared in front of the local library... http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_replicator.html Technical: Pentax *ist-D iso 200 1/350sec smc PENTAX-F 70-210mmF4-5.6 smc PENTAX-F 70-210mmF4-5.6 @ 70mm f4.0 -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
You're right, the shot is interesting, but the title hoovers... frank theriault wrote: Yeah, I know, the title hoovers. If you can do better (which you undoubtedly can), any suggestions will gratefully be considered. In the meanwhile, let me know what you think:

Re: PESO: Through a Zurich restaurant window

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
Frank will like it. The flare doesn't really detract much from the photo. It might have been better with a polarizer, or it might just have been different. I think it evokes a time a place quite nicely as it is... Rick Womer wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3102193 Last January

Re: PESO: Through a Zurich restaurant window

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yes. frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:38:51 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank will like it. Am I that predictable? g -frank -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings

Re: OT:If Costco has it on sale it's really dead: was [Film is dead]

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
Nuff said... Daniel J. Matyola wrote: But Costco is running a special on film and slide scanners: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?prodid=10039838whse=topnav=cat=s=1 -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of

Re: PESO - Falls

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
Sorry Frank, it's just you... frank theriault wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:53:14 -0800, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I took my daughter, Erin, out shooting Saturday afternoon. We went somewhere that neither of us had been before. Quite a pretty area and we had a good time. I'll try

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's funny, but last year I went to a museum where they wanted me to check my tripod, as they weren't allowed in. I pointed out it was a monopod and they let me take it in. (I don't think they knew what a monopod was). Cotty wrote: On 8/2/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: BTW many

Re: New LX Owner

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
Sounds like you have a sticky aperture on your lens. My 35mm has developed this problem. All the other lenses seem to be working fine. You should try a different lens on the camera. Nick Clark wrote: Yep! You've got me sussed! I put a roll of XP2 through it yesterday. I discovered why the

Re: PAW: Enter?

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 23:21:55 +, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a damn PC :-P Sorry :-( -frank Why be sorry... -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners -

Re: Which 80-200?

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
The F 80-200 is supposed to be built better than the FA. If you can get either new then I'd go for the F. Larry Levy wrote: I've got a chance to buy either a new FA 80-200 4.7-5.6 or a new F 80-200 4.7-5.6 lens for $100. Other than the obvious color and feel, which should I consider and why?

Re: GFM correction

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
Now you've done it Robb is gonna show up! William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: GFM correction If me, you and Brooksie are left alone at PDML Central during the seminars, there ain't gonna be no beer left when the others get back! There's beer

Re: PESO Country hotel

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
Very nice shot. Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, Still busy lately however I've another PESO shot last weekend at the end of a 2.5hr journey: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~audiob/temp/IMGP0489.jpg (~170kB) Tech: *ist D, ISO800, 1/60s, Prog, Multi-seg metering, 77LTD @ f2.5, hand held All comments

Re: PESO - Snow - Not!

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
I think I've told you, I hate you, before haven't I? Talent and that lens too. Bruce Dayton wrote: This is the other shot I took last night along with Jet Trail that I liked - slightly different than the previous PESO. Pentax *istD, K 200/2.5, HandHeld, ISO 400, 1/500 sec @ f4

Re: SMA Pentax 1:3.5/15

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
I suppose if you win the suite you'll collect quite a large nest egg... frank theriault wrote: On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 10:41:56 -0800, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got some rather nice shots when using your 15mm when we saw the Sue the Dinosaur exhibit Sue the Dinosaur. Is that a

Re: Don't need no stinkin lens..........

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
*Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. -- *Benjamin Franklin (Though it's been quoted differently here in the past). frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:21:55 -0700, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm srrry. Come here big fella and get a hug. Tom

Re: PESO - Snow - Not!

2005-02-08 Thread Peter J. Alling
. Bruce Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 6:40:51 PM, you wrote: ft On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:57:03 -0500, Peter J. Alling ft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I've told you, I hate you, before haven't I? Talent and that lens too. ft Oh, I believe we've both told him on more than one occasion. ft I like

PESO -- Canon Girl Becomes Coffee House Girl

2005-02-07 Thread Peter J. Alling
It seems the subject of a couple of my latest pesos has gotten a job at the local coffee house... So Cannon Girl has become Coffee House Girl. The main purpose for this image is to see what I can do with my Vemer 12mm f8 fish-eye. First I'll describe the lens, it's a solidly built early 1970's

Re: LX/circular or linear polarizer

2005-02-07 Thread Peter J. Alling
The metering will be off depending on the position of the polarizer by up to 1 1/2 stops if I remember correctly. It's not impossible to work with a liner polarizer on an LX but the circular are much easier. Reg Wiest wrote: It¹s slipped my mind . . . Does the metering system in my LX require

PESO -- Cat Portrait

2005-02-07 Thread Peter J. Alling
Just in case some of you thought I only shot portraits of girls and dogs, here's something a little different, or not depending on your point of view... http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_catportrait.html Technical Information: Pentax *ist-D ISO 800 shutter speed 1/30th SMC-Pentax M

Re: [Looking for]

2005-02-07 Thread Peter J. Alling
Gonz wrote: Wilko Bulte wrote: On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 03:44:26PM +0100, Thibouille wrote.. * SuperA Grip: Sometimes I'd like to use it without the MotorA and without the grip, it is a pain. Anybody having a spare one? * MX MotorDrive: I have no idea about the price but I understand they are

Re: LX/circular or linear polarizer

2005-02-07 Thread Peter J. Alling
, as it is not affected by the half-transparent mirror (it is only determined after the mirror has moved up). Regards, Sven -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Montag, 7. Februar 2005 19:57 An: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Betreff: Re: LX/circular or linear polarizer

Re: Copyrighting Public Space?

2005-02-07 Thread Peter J. Alling
I think that someone is reading copyright law incorrectly. D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: Folks, I'm behind on my list reading so I don't know whether this has already been discussed, but just in case it hasn't ... : http://newurbanist.blogspot.com/2005/01/copyrighting-of-public-space.html The

PESO -- Circular Waterfall Revisited

2005-02-07 Thread Peter J. Alling
Some time ago I posted a PAW of a dam in a local State Park using the SMC-Pentax 17mm f4.0 fisheye. The results were fairly good and I decided to see if I could replicate the shot with my new Vemar 12mm. I've decided to post the original and the new version just in case anyone is interested

Re: teleconverters

2005-02-07 Thread Peter J. Alling
That depends, some converters and zooms may be good enough together. I've gotten good results with the SMC-Pentax F 70-210 f4.0~5.6 with the 1.7 F converter. The combination exceeded the resolution of the film I was using when stopped down a bit. I assume that they would also exceed the

Unsubscribe, A haiku was [Re: unsubscibe]

2005-02-06 Thread Peter J. Alling
Unsubscribe [A Haiku] Where are you going? Haven't you learned by now? Unsubscribe! Have not. Chris Ellis wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipped for brevity -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot

Re: Pentax ME SE

2005-02-06 Thread Peter J. Alling
Exposure compensation, that's the ticket. Brian Walters wrote: G'day all I recently picked up a nice SE (Special Edition?) version of the ME on Ebeagh. It's in great condition apart from an exposure meter anomaly which I can live with for now. As far as I was aware, the only differences between

Re: K85/1.8 -- US$570.00??

2005-02-06 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ebay is unpredictable, $570.00 is the highest I've ever seen one of them go for but I've also been surprised when they've gone for a lot less. Greg Lovern wrote: A K85/1.8 just sold on eBay for US$570.00. Does it usually sell for that much?? If so, I guess I'll forget about ever having one...

Re: With Another Couple of PESOs...

2005-02-06 Thread Peter J. Alling
Very, nice the shot in the air is spectacular, but the one on the ground has personality. Joseph Tainter wrote: With another couple of PESOs I could: --finally buy the FA 600 f4; or --post another couple of URLs to PDML. Which should I do? The FA 600 can wait a while longer. Here's the URLs:

Re: Prices of Pentax Lenses

2005-02-05 Thread Peter J. Alling
The M* and A* 300's are still quite pricey. John Forbes wrote: Also, the long wait for a Pentax DSLR resulted in some defections to other brands, which depressed demand for Pentax glass between say 2002 and 2003, while putting quite a lot of used lenses onto the second-hand market. That

Re: French on-line dealers

2005-02-05 Thread Peter J. Alling
Schroeder. Besides Bush in spite of his mangled syntax is more of a politician than to have said this, he'd have let Rummy say it. John Forbes wrote: Peter, what are you talking about? You need to quote the message that you are replying to. The way in which meesages are forwarded here is

Re: French on-line dealers

2005-02-05 Thread Peter J. Alling
2005 18:38:16 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Schroeder. Besides Bush in spite of his mangled syntax is more of a politician than to have said this, he'd have let Rummy say it. John Forbes wrote: Peter, what are you talking about? You need to quote the message that you

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #191

2005-02-05 Thread Peter J. Alling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: New to plain text messages, this is my first attempt to get in the group. So here goes! I guess you made it. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things

Re: PESO: Fisheye Contacts

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:47:05 +1300, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . That'd also solve the problem of getting out-of-focus fisheye images. Out-of-focus is a problem? always curious, frank Not for you... -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war.

Re: OT: The World's Longest Skating Rink

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
A sled can be steered, a tobaggon is un-steerable. (Yes, I know you're supposed to lean but I say it's un-steerable). Keith Whaley wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hey, Frank Have a GREAT weekend. You seem so excited I'm sure it's gonna be a super time. What's the difference between a

Re: Out Dated Color Neg

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
The way color film ages is from a greenish cast to magenta. If it's been in the fridge all this time the aging process has been retarded, but it will still have a magenta cast of some kind. It may also be a bit fogged. If this a professional film then it will be a bit more magenta than an

Re: Out Dated Color Neg

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
-0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip the aging process has been retarded snip We don't say retarded any more. It's preferred that we say that it's chronologically challenged. cheers, frank, Chief Petty Officer (with the emphasis on petty), Political Correctness Police -- I

Re: Phisheye Phun

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
You've been bitten by the fisheye bug, you'll be looking for wider and wider lenses and more bizarre compositions to satisfy you new cravings. Your DOOMED. Seriously nice set of photos thought. frank theriault wrote: Got back my first roll of colour just now. From the corner grocery minilab,

Re: DA-40mm and spiders

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Since you can get the M lens for between 125 and 199 I doubt you save anything... Nick Clark wrote: Does this mean it's identical optically to my SMC-M 40mm f2.8, so I can save a fortune buying the new one? Nick -Original Message- From: Lindamood, Mark[EMAIL PROTECTED] Second,

Re: wide angles

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
I think there was a higher auction for an LX system with the winder the motor drive a pair of battery packs the battery grip 2 or three different finders and a whole bunch of lenses, all described as like new or in box which ended for higher but this is well, amazing. Feroze wrote: Anybody

Re: OT: safe place from which to download spyware cleaner

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
www.lavasoft.de for Adaware. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html Spybot search and destroy. Ann Sanfedele wrote: Despite my protestations that I'm safe from worms and viri cause I'm so smart about downloads, email, and have a lazy old dial-up that no one would want to disrupt, I have

PESO -- Portraits

2005-02-04 Thread Peter J. Alling
Theres a story involved with each of these. As Joe Tainter asked, Ouch! Does it hurt that much to use a Canon?, the answer is apparently yes, and it causes permanent lines on the forehead, as we can see in Canon Girl Revisited... (Well I struck up a conversation and got a very tight head shot)

Re: DA40 vs M40 (Japanese)

2005-02-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
All of which is true, but it's very small and has an aperture ring. I like it on a black MX, (sob), for discrete photography in certain venues using a fast BW film. Rob Studdert wrote: On 3 Feb 2005 at 17:34, John Whittingham wrote: The DA renders the in-focus wood and rope patterns (low

Re: DA40 vs M40 (Japanese)

2005-02-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 06:39:10 +0100 Subject: Re: DA40 vs M40 (Japanese) Peter J. Alling a écrit : I can't read Japanese but I did look at the pictures, I really want one of those DA lens hoods for my 40mm M

Re: PESO waterfall ing across film (err... CCD)

2005-02-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
These are fairly nice, oh hell these are very nice without even considering the equipment. When you consider the equipment and technique these are outstanding. I hate you. Francis wrote: Hi I dropped by a local waterfall today and was experimenting with the long exposure setting on my

Re: DA40 vs M40 (Japanese)

2005-02-03 Thread Peter J. Alling
Bars. Rob Studdert wrote: On 3 Feb 2005 at 18:27, Peter J. Alling wrote: All of which is true, but it's very small and has an aperture ring. I like it on a black MX, (sob), for discrete photography in certain venues using a fast BW film. My A50/2.8 tends to be my smallest, most discrete

Re: New 12 MPix DSLR from Pentax???

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Interestingly the upc for the *ist-d is correct. I don't know about the *ist-Ds but the *ist-DLX number is in the same range as the other two. Some thought went into it anyway. Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: http://www.upcdatabase.com/item.pl?upc=027075076662 I suspect it's just hoax, but who

Re: PUG's Up!!

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Same thing in Maine and Rhode Island (Two states in New England a region of the US for those who don't know... Butch Black wrote: On 1/2/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: But, hey, a generation ago, bad meant good. Then phat meant cool. Why not sick? In England it's 'wicked'.

Re: First PESO

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Rick Womer wrote: I haven't gone shooting since our snowstorm 10 days ago, but this morning I paused on my walk to work. This was the best of the bunch: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3086810 I'm satisfied, despite the limitations of the 33L. Rick

Re: PESO PAW - Forsaken

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Over the years I've photographed this relic numerous times. Here's one interpretation ... http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/forsaken.html Shel As usual technically excellent. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks

Re: PESO -- The Stranger

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
), that might prove dangerous or fatal to a smallish-medium sized bird dog who has no fear, I thought better of it and just shot the object of his desire. Cute, Peter - but , um, 1/4000 ??? typo? ann Peter J. Alling wrote: There's a little back story on this, I was taking my puppy for a walk when he

Re: So what do you do with em?

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
I have a 24ft long hallway with a crossing hall almost 20 feet long, I have about 24 8x10s hanging. Every once in a while I change a few of them. I have also had a few local shows but I'm not trying to make money at it, that takes endless promotion and I'm more interested in making pictures.

Re: PESO -- The Stranger

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
It was a brighter day than it looks and taking account the snow... Ann Sanfedele wrote: I was expecting maybe Orson Welles :) then I was expecting the puppy going nuts... Cute, Peter - but , um, 1/4000 ??? typo? ann Peter J. Alling wrote: There's a little back story on this, I was taking my

Re: PESO -- Canon Girl

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
Yes it is one of my efforts. frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:58:38 -0600, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was a grab shot of a young girl using her slr taking a grab shot. The look of concentration is priceless. I only hope I look more relaxed.

Re: DA40 vs M40 (Japanese)

2005-02-02 Thread Peter J. Alling
I can't read Japanese but I did look at the pictures, I really want one of those DA lens hoods for my 40mm M. Alan Chan wrote: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/review/2005/01/17/753.html = Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan __ Do you Yahoo!? Take

Re: 500mm/4.5?

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
The uses of a lens are limited only by your imagination, I suppose you could use it as a baseball bat in a pinch. Mishka wrote: i have an opportunity to buy a K500/4.5 at a good price. i understand that's a pretty good lens. the only thing i am not sure is what it is good for. are there any

ebay madness

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
This may break the rules but I don't think so. Get a load of this vivitar 90-180 flatfield zoom... It's a bargain! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=30077item=3870713051rd=1ssPageName=WDVW -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive

Re: PESO - Frank's roommate

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Ann, I didn't get the original post. But that's cruel, very cruel. I don't know who it's crueler for Farnk, Franks roommate, or us. :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: !!! I'm going to have to visit his abode to verify this; after all, he is in my neck of the woods :D I'm still

Re: Blue Mountain Jamaican Coffee - Phleeewie!

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
It's USA Today how bad could it be? Ann Sanfedele wrote: Peter J. Alling wrote: Christian wrote: snip Then again, coffee is like beer and wine. Everyone has their own tastes. One person's shit is another's gold. You mean kind of like this? http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004

Re: ebay madness

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
He's also selling a 35-85mm varifocus, and a box o' misc. lens parts. No picture of the 35-85mm but the parts contains what looks like a 35-85mm body mostly intact. Makes me wonder that the lens really is. Mark Roberts wrote: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may break

Re: Blue Mountain Jamaican Coffee - Phleeewie!

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
More like weasel poo, but well, ah... Christian wrote: Peter J. Alling wrote on 1/31/2005, 7:08 PM: Christian wrote: snip Then again, coffee is like beer and wine. Everyone has their own tastes. One person's shit is another's gold. You mean kind of like this? http

Re: What do I need for astrophotography?

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
And those are available? Bob Blakely wrote: Astros. Regards, Bob... From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Down, Cotty! I can just hear you now, saying A telescope! Seriously, though: a friend of mine, who will be visiting me later on this year, plans on bringing his two telescopes with him -

Re: PESO: Bizarre Architecture...

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
I expect to see a Buck Rogers style spaceship parked not far away. Albano Garcia wrote: Hi gang, This is a building built in the 30s by a freak architect called Salamone. He came to Argentina and convinced government to build several public buildings in very small towns (3000 inhabitants). He

Re: PAW: Farmer John

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
The focus isn't that bad, better than I did with the girl in the accountants office. Still the image is a bit dark, though there does seem to be some detail in even the deep shadow regions, at \ least on my monitor. frank theriault wrote: Something a bit new (for me). I've got several like

Re: PESO_--_Winterscape

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
About 100 yards from my apartment. frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 02:18:10 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Title speaks for itself. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_winterscape.html *ist-D iso 400 1/350sec SMC-Pentax -FA 43mm f1.9 @ 8.0 -- It's very

Re: 500mm/4.5?

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
for nature. thanks, mishka On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:19:52 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The uses of a lens are limited only by your imagination, I suppose you could use it as a baseball bat in a pinch. -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get

Re: PESO -- The Stranger

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Exfi information 1/4000sec f6.7, 70mm (about 105mm equivalent). DOF was adequate for my purposes. I'm fine with it. Ann Sanfedele wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 13:01:52 -0500, Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was expecting maybe Orson Welles :) then I was

PESO -- Canon Girl

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
This was a grab shot of a young girl using her slr taking a grab shot. The look of concentration is priceless. I only hope I look more relaxed. http://www.mindspring.com/~pjalling/PESO_--_canongirl.html Some technical information: Pentax *ist-D iso 400. Shutter speed 1/180sec smc Pentax FA

Re: PESO_--_Winterscape

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
Well yea, I guess. frank theriault wrote: On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 20:14:07 -0500, Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: About 100 yards from my apartment. ...which would be in Connecticut? -frank -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks

Re: To Mac Users

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
If I remember an article I read a while ago correctly Woz was a proponent of the Lisa, which at the time was a superior platform and an upgraded Apple ][. There was also the Apple ]I[ which I don't remember anything about, except that it didn't sell as well as Apple might have hoped. [EMAIL

Re: PUG's Up!!

2005-02-01 Thread Peter J. Alling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/1/2005 7:48:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Initial views of the thumbs would indicate a pretty damn kewl gallery this month (or as the kids would say nowadays, that's sick, man!) vbg cheers, frank Sick? That seems weird.

Re: Film Still Best for Many Applications? (was Ruminations... )

2005-01-31 Thread Peter J. Alling
John Francis wrote: Peter J. Alling mused: John Francis wrote: frank theriault mused: What's FTP? -frank It's what you get from FT after he's been drinking. You know, that's good, I wish I'd thought of that. It's not *quite* as mindlessly dumb as you seem

Re: Film Still Best for Many Applications? (was Ruminations... )

2005-01-31 Thread Peter J. Alling
Old style FTP is available under your dos box in windows it uses the classic, i.e. inscrutable UNIX interface. I refuse to buy an extra software. In Windows ME so I would assume that it's the same in Win2K and WinXP in Network Places you can set up a virtual drive on a remote computer using

Re: Ken Rockwell's review of the istDs ...

2005-01-31 Thread Peter J. Alling
You were there, Christian, you were there... Christian wrote: William Robb wrote on 1/31/2005, 3:22 AM: tossing Christian to the lions Now what the hell did I do this time? :-) -- I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the

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